[S]he Conquers Who Endures

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Location:

Cambridge,MA,United States

Member Since:

Apr 19, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

5k: 20:32 (6:36 min/mi) -4/14/13

8k: 33:28 (6:44 min/mi) - 4/7/13

10k: 44:44 (7:11 min/mi) - 12/15/12

15k: 1:10:17 (7:32 min/mi) - 6/23/12

10 Mile: 1:18:03 (7:48 min/mi) - 5/26/12

Half Marathon: 1:41:40 (7:45 min/mi) - 7/22/12

Marathon: 3:32:11 (8:05 min/mi) - 1/13/13

Boston 2 Big Sur: 7:36:02 (8:42 min/mi) - 4/21/14, 4/27/14

Number of Marathons: 9

Number of States: 7 (IL, FL, KY, MN, TN, MA, CA)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 20 min 5k

Half marathon PR Summer 2014

NYC Marathon 2014

Long-Term Running Goals:

Join 50 states club

3:25, 3:15, sub 3:00 marathon? The sky's the limit! I want to see how fast I can get! :)

Personal:

I started running in 2009, and am still learning a lot about running. Right now I have it made, I am living in Cambridge, MA temporarily doing a Post-Doc at MIT and taking advantage of improving my running by learning from all the speedy Boston runners and hitting the hills. I travel to FL to visit my family and get some "heat" training in. Then travel back to Chicago frequently to see my husband and show off my new running legs in all the flat, fast races.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Adidas Boost Lifetime Miles:						63.73
Brooks Pure Flow Black - Boston Lifetime Miles:						62.39
Brooks Pure Flow Black - Chicago Lifetime Miles:						35.39
Cortana 2 Black/neon Lifetime Miles:						120.25
Kinvara 4 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						84.36
Saucony Peregrine Lifetime Miles:						58.45
Cortana 3 Lifetime Miles:						88.41
Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Lifetime Miles:						287.03
Boston Kinvaras Lifetime Miles:						32.75
Nike Pegasus 30 Black/grey Lifetime Miles:						209.17
Nike Pegasus Black Leopard Shield Lifetime Miles:						145.95
Nike Zoom Elite 6 Lifetime Miles:						166.22
Nike Zoom Elite 6 Neon Lifetime Miles:						76.98
Nike Zoom Elite 6 Baby Blue Lifetime Miles:						89.01
Saucony Ride 7 Lifetime Miles:						43.44

Fri, Aug 30, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

7 easy miles again staying below 140 bpm. AP: 9:15 min/mi. A running friend suggested I reached overreaching or overtraining. If that's the case, I'm hoping for overreaching which would mean if I take it easy the next few days I should feel better next week. I'm thinking my resting heart rate supports this?:

Week I felt good and suspect I pushed too hard:

42, 45, 43, 45 (5 mile tempo), 42, 47 (nervous about run, 10 MP miles) AVG: 44

Week I was supposed to be recovering:

44, 46 (4 mile blah tempo w speed), 46, 39, 42 (12 mile long run on trails 979 ft gain), 47 AVG: 44

Week I tanked completely:

47, 47 (failed tempo), 44, 46, 47 AVG: 46.2

I surlely don't know, but at least I am able to run now.

Nike Pegasus 29 Red Miles: 7.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Andrea on Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:53:00 from 72.37.171.52

Your blood work seems okay which is good! If it is an overtraining situation, sometimes it takes a little while (4-6 weeks) for the body to "catch up" and start feeling good again. It seems like a good approach might be to run whatever amount/pace that doesn't seem to drain you for the next couple weeks. Hopefully you'll be back feeling good soon!

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